Liberia: In His Address At Cuttington's Graduation? Did Kenneth Best Predict Another 'Civil War'

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For the past few days since Mr. Kenneth Y. Best, the Founder and Managing Director f the Liberian Observer Corporation, publisher of the DAILY OBSERVER, the country's oldest newspaper delivered this year's commencement address at the Cuttington University, in Suacoco, Bong County, there have been reactions on talk shows to his speech, particularly to claim that he predicted another civil war in the country, if certain things are not done.

Although I obtained the speech hours before it was delivered and I read it religiously and exhaustively, I was compared to re-read it after one of the talk show host highlighted the issue of another civil war by Mr. Best. The host said it was unfair for anyone to predict another civil war in this country despite the problems. Unsurprisingly, because of this, some of the callers disagreed with Mr. Best, while others took him to task on said claim, considering the consequences of war.

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